Raleigh Register World and Public Notices 1938 Page Info
The Raleigh Register printed in Beckley West Virginia details publication information, distribution terms, and rate structures for Raleigh Newspapers, with notes on delivery, subscriptions, taxes, and associated postal classifications for the Beckley region and distant markets. It lists offices and management, and states contracts with independent carriers and distributors.
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Nue
Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas -Dally
Wast
Virginia
Dealara
Dlecibutora Ara Independent Contractors
Bechtay Newspapers
Carcelation Fe Mot
West Virginia Agriculture Chief Grows State Prosperity
Commissioner J B McLaughlin touts 16 years of rising crop income from 27 million in 1932 to 125 million this year. He highlights soil health, livestock and poultry leadership, rural electrification, roads and banking reforms, and a proposed produce marketing system benefiting farmers and consumers. He urges voters to reelect him on November 2.
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West Virginia
J. B. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Nhon
Charleston
Pound Foolish and the Spruce Mountain Bus Stand
A Raleigh County man houses atop Spruce Mountain asks the Board of Education for special bus service for his child. The board refuses, noting state rules require students to walk a mile to the stop. The piece argues newcomers demand municipal services as areas urbanize faster than funding and infrastructure can keep up.
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Spruce Mountain
Clear York
Board of Education
Raleigh
Beckley
Raleigh County
Dewey Campaign Stop Draws Thousands in Missouri
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a torchlight march, several bands, and a crowd estimated at 10,000 greeting Gov. Dewey during a Missouri town stop. Potential indictments in Missouri may reach Attorney General Tom Clark as part of the political scene.
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Tom Dewey
Missouri
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Okey Patteson Campaign Tales in Raleigh County
Bug Dust by Thomas F Stafford recounts Okey Patteson’s West Virginia gubernatorial campaign visits. It notes Beckley dinners, party unity anecdotes, jokes about Joe L Smith and Matthew Neely, frugal Raleigh County officials, and a worker demanding a bigger car to fit the candidacy persona. The piece uses local figures like Ernest Bailey and Harry Anderson to illustrate political dynamics.
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Ernest Bailey
Democratic Party
Okey
Beckley
Logan
West Virginia
Shakespeare
Matthew Mansfield Neely
Joe L. Smith
House of Representatives
Joe
Logan Countian
Bailey
Smith
Okey Patteson
Man keeps a record of every Sammy Kaye tune heard
Jack Williams, 22, a former U S sailor and Greyhound baggage clerk in Columbus Ohio, writes down every tune from Sammy Kaye broadcasts. Since December 21 1941 he has traveled to meet the band many times and even led the band briefly. He notes where he heard each song and says his hobby defines him. He recalls almost breaking down when his car radio failed before a show. His mother posts reminders to avoid missing broadcasts.
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Jack R. Williams
U. S
Sammy Kaye
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Williams
Jack
Sammy
November Date Changed for Mee
Pineville Wyoming County Court shifts the November term from November 2 to November 8 due to the general election. The court renews the Orkin Exterminating contract and approves several notaries and estate administrators with bonds, plus election officers for Democrats and Republicans.
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Register Stat
Pineville
Wyoming County Court
Orkin Exterminating Company
Laurena Jeffcoate
Mary M. Kidd
Lourena Jeffcoats
Luthec S. Kidd
Frances Stefancic
Dons Ald Fugene Stefancic
Chester Thomas Toler
Clark Toler
B. B. Mitchem
Richard Smith Matthews
J. H. McGraw
Kenton
H. McGraw
Norma Sue Ragsdale Birthday Honoree at Surprise Party
A surprise birthday party honored Norma Sue Ragsdale Saturday night as she marked her seventh birthday anniversary with games and dancing. Guests included Janes Gibson Belly Ragsdale J C Brewster Ruth Pritchard Pat Webb Chico Ford Leona Mason Gilda Webb Judge Roberts Romona Lewis Patty Ragsdale Chester Asbery and the honoree. Assisting with refreshments were Mrs Ben Mason. At State Meeting Mullens High School teachers Bill Staats O D Lipscomb and Mary Helen Kirby attended the Wyoming County Classroom Teachers Association meeting in Jacksons.
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Hy Register
Weller
Oceana
Norma Sue
Reaister
Mullens
Bill Staats
0. D. Lipscomb
Mary Helen Kirby
Mullen High
Wyoming County ‘Classroom Teachers Association
Jackson's
Fail
Injured Vets Problems Highlight Oak Hill Lions Talk
Oak Hill Lions heard Roy J. Smith of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Administration discuss postwar return of disabled veterans. He noted World War II had fewer deaths but more handicapped men seeking employment and urged employers to place handicapped workers by ability. John Zianis of Windburg, Pa., attended as a guest.
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Register
Oak Hill
Roy J. Smith
Jehm Hopkins Hospital
Roy B. Browder
C. W. Brochard
Bluefield
John Zianis
Windburg
High OES Officer To Visit Mullens
Mrs Emma Campbell of Davis worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star will visit the Mullens chapter October 20. Nine Mullens members, including five past matrons, returned from Wheeling after attending the 43rd annual grand chapter session.
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Register
Mullens
Emma Campbell
Davis
Order of the Eatern Star
DeForrest Lilly
Wheeling
Grand Chapter
West
Wisconin
W. D. Davis
Perry Cook
John Miller
Buren H. Toler
Troy-West
Afrs
C. C. Phillips
Lewis Bolen
Jessie Martin
Princeton
Cook
Toler
Miller
Moundesville
S. Charles Jones
Pineville Personal Notices Travelers Visit Family and Friends
Pineville personal column details several local residents and guests. Marvin Kellar Bowman and family from Key West Florida visit his mother in Pineville during his leave. Other items note travels to Cleveland and Wheeling, and visits with relatives in Beckley Princeton Charleston and Glen Dale.
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Pineville
Marvin Kellar Bowman
Bowman
David
Daniel
Key West
Fla
Mary K. Bowman
Richard Stansbury
Susan
Richard
Welch
Ralph Webster Hale
Ralph Hale
Princeton
Silas Brooks
Margaret Bazzie
Margaret Johnson
Beckley
W. C. Bailey, Jr
George A. Brooks
Pete Morgan
W. C. Bailey
Oak Hill Social Notes and Guests Pass Through Town
Oak Hill residents and visitors are listed as guests in various homes including Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Simims and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazlett. Esther Brooks improves after an operation at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston. Readers also note C EF Rallyson called to Huntington for a relative’s illness, and the Roop family hosting Kyle Roop from Princeton.
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Oak Will
Ernest Pitzer
Newt Bostic
Danver
Ill
J. M. Simims
Esther Brooks
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
E. Proctor
Beckley
Simon Harris
Williamson
Frank Hazlett
Kyle Roop
Princeton
Ed Roop
C, EF. Rallyson
Huntington
Mason Ashby
Edgar
Fairmont
I. S. Tyler
J. ¥. McReynolds
Louiseville, Ky
G. A. Baumgartner
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate To Speak In Beckley
Herbert S. Boreman Republican candidate for governor will speak at a Beckley rally in the circuit courtroom October 24. Floyd Sayre leads the GOP committee. A separate Negro GOP rally at Memorial Building features Nathan Pollard, close associate of Dewey, speaking in Logan Welch and Charleston. Local Butts will introduce Boreman and other candidates with a musical program and refreshments.
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Herbert S. Boreman
Beckley
Floyd Sayre
Republican Executive Committee
Boreman
West Virginia
Arthur I. Boreman
Memorial Building
Nathan Pollard
New York
Pollard
Jesse Resident Is Party Honoree
Mrs D B Richardson of Portsmouth Virginia honors her mother Mrs R M Adams of Jesse with a surprise birthday buffet. Guests include Miley Adams Bud Daniels Beverly Payne Eloise Adams Parries family and others from Jesse Davy Huntington Mt Airy Otsego and Bluefield.
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Register
Jesse
D. B. Richardson
Portsmouth
R. M. Adams
Richardson
Tommy Parriis
Miley Adams
Bud Daniels
H. D. Beverly
Davy
Leo Beverly
Bluefield
M. O. Payne
Brenda
Eloise’ Adams
Huntington
Tommy Parries
Sylvia
Dale
Robert Parries
Mt. Airy
N.C
Anthony Byrd
Otsego
Two Members Initiated at Pineville Eastern Star
Pineville Chapter No 110, Order of the Eastern Star initiated two candidates Mrs Helen McClung and Mrs Betty Vince at a meeting led by worthy matron Mrs Mabel Hale and worthy patron E E Williams. Also present were associate matron Mrs Helen B Cook secretary pro tem Mrs Juanita Manguis etc.
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Pineville
Order of the Eastern Star
Helen McClung
Betty Vince
Mabel Hale
E. E. Williams
Helen B. Cook
Juanita Man
Ous
Gladys Hatfield
Elizabeth Kuhn
Edith Mae Browning
Ruth Blaniken- Ishin
Marshal
Luna S. Worrell
Enrah Hager
Adah
Faith Willliams
Esther
Mae Cooke
Martha
Frieda Plann
Electa
Silas Brooks
Honaker Child Injured by Car on Athens Road
Delma Honaker, nine, daughter of L. A. Honaker of Athens, was struck while walking to school on the Athens Princeton highway. She suffered head and facial cuts and bruises but is not considered in serious condition. No charges will be filed against driver Maxine Webb of Athens, who said the child darted across the road.
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Register
Drinceton
Delma Honakter
L. A. Honaker
Athens
Memorial Hospital
Athens- Princeton
E. O. Bruner
Maxine Webb
Honaker
WV Tech draws students from 53 counties and beyond
Forty of West Virginia's 53 counties, plus students from 12 other states and one U S possession, are represented in West Virginia Tech's current student body. Charles Oguro, a freshman from Hawaii, studies printing and publishing. Pennsylvania sends thirteen students, the largest out‑of‑state contingent.
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At College
Associated Press Montgomery
West Virginia
U. S
West Virginia Tech
Charles Oguro
Hawaii
Ioe
Pennsylvania
Kathleen Sheppard Feted on Birthday in Thayer
Kathleen Sheppard was honored on her 19th birthday at a party hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheppard in Thayer. Attending were Pauline Ward Anna Adkins Elle Adkins Meredith Sheppard Mackl Sheppard Rex Smith Warren Richmond Richard Wright Clayton Bostic Alan Campbell Cecil Ewings from Thayer and Billy Skaggs Dicky Lightner Jim Bobbit Billy Bowles Kermit Johnson Bobby Bobbit from Piney View.
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Kathleen Sheppard
Thayer
Charles Sheppard
Pauline Ward
Anna Adkins
Elle Adkins
Meredith Sheppard
Mackl Sheppard
Rex Smith
Warren Richmond
Richard Wright
Clayton Bostic
Alan Campbell
Cecil Ewings
Billy Skaggs
Dicky Lightner
Elverton
Jimmy Bobbit
Billy Bowles
Kermitt Johnson
Bobby Bobbit
Piney View
Miss Barbara Milburn Weds Fred Noble in Hinton
The marriage of Miss Barbara Milburn to Fred Noble was announced by their parents near Hinton. The ceremony occurred at 6 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. C. H. Martin officiating. Bride wore ice blue crepe, pink rosebud bouquet with orchid, and traveled to Ohio on a brief wedding trip after a reception.
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Register
Hinton
Barbara Milburn
Fred Noble
John Milburn
Near Hinton
Elmer Noble
C. ‘H. Martin
Bellerpoint
Joyce Bartgis
Joe
Harper
Eddie Smith
Neil Rogers
Teddy Rogers
Eddie Lowe
Noble
First National Bank
Harper's Dairy Bar
T. V. Hutchison
John Barker
Beckley
Kelly Brooks
Jo Ann Noble
Princeton
C. A. McNeer
Kopperston Visitors and Rally Notes from Welch
Kopperston residents Mrs Lillie Bailey and granddaughter Florence Mae Pomeroy visit Lin Goshen Virginia and travel to Prince to board a train for Clifton Forge and later Clifton. Mrs L M Hopkins Mrs T H Bailey and Mrs Harry L Poe attended the Rockcastle Association fall rally at Welch where Hopkins read the home mission report and Poe spoke as world service counselor.
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Y Register
Wr. Kopperston
Lillie Bailey
Florience Mae Pomeroy
Lin Goshen
S [Hone Place
Afr
John Pomeroy
Prince
Clifton Forge
L. M. Hopkins
T. H. Bailey
Harry L. Poe
Women ‘of the Rockcastle Association
Welch
Hopkins
Home Mission
Poe
World Service
Mullens Obituary and Community Notes Reflect Regional Life
Mullens society and local health news highlight the 43rd annual Grand Chapter session in Wheeling as Mullens Eastern Star members attend. A sixth-grade boy at Ben Dunman Elementary recovers from an appendectomy at Raleigh General Hospital after illness in class. Albert Najjar heads to a veteran’s hospital for treatment after joining Mullens restaurants post army. Hash family hosts and plans a hunting trip to Oregon with a side visit to Phoenix, while Rev Cecil Bright and family prepare to move to Welch to lead the local Methodist church.
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Sullens
DeForrest Lilly
C. . Phillips
Troy West
Homer Lilly
Lewis Boren
W. Davis
Perry Cook
John Miller
Buren Toler
Mullens Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Wheeling
Grand Chapter
West Virginia
T. Penn
Frank Penn
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Ben Dunman
Albert Najjar
Mullens Restaurants
Army
Oteen
N. C
Veteran's Hospital
Concord College
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Bedley
B. T. Hash
Mullens
Ester Hopkins
Goody
Pike County
Williamson
Oregon
Hash
Rites Set Today For J. G. Wilson
Funeral services for John G. Wilson former Hinton yard clerk at Chesapeake and Ohio yards will be held at 2 30 p m today in Ronald Meadows Funeral Home chapel with Rev H P Hackney officiating Burial will be in Greenbrier Cemetery Wilson retired in 1946 after working in Hinton since 1928 He is survived by his wife and three sisters Mrs H F Mann of Hinton Mrs Stella Everett and Miss Ann Wilson of Huntington
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Ay Register
Hinton
John G. Wilson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
Ronald Meadows
H. P. Hackney
Greenbrier
Wilson
H. F. Mann
Stella ‘Everett
Ann Wilson
Jarrell Rites Conducted at Tams
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday for Luther B. Jarrell, 53, a retired miner who died Wednesday at the Veterans hospital in Roanoke Virginia. The service occurred at Tams Community Church and burial will take place in String Town Cemetery Burnwell Kentucky. The Williamson American Legion Post will provide military rites. Born April 1 1895 he was a World War I veteran and is survived by three sons and five daughters.
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Register
Mullens
Luther B. Jarrell
Veterans Hospital
Roanoke
Tams
Burnwell
String Town
Williamson American Legion
Land Transfers Filed in Wyoming
Pineville deeds admitted to record at the county clerk's Pineville office list transfers from Richard R. Cook and wife to Pineville Land Company for Lots 3 and 5 in the Pineville Land Company Addition to Pineville Center District. Also Thomas A. Pendleton and wife to Pineville Land Company for Lot 38 in Section 3 of the Baisley Murphy Addition. Gorman G. Walker and wife to Morgan R. Rees for three tenths of an acre in Ocean District.
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Register
Pineville
Richard R. Cook
Bineville Land Company
Pineville Land Company
Center District
Thomas A. Pendleton
Baisley Murphy
Gorman G. Walker
Morgan R. Rees
Oceanr District
Keel Funeral Set for Tuesday
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Tuesday for Mrs Garnett Cline Keel 41 who died at Grace Hospital in Welch Saturday at 7 33 p m after a lengthy illness She was born January 3 1907 youngest daughter of the late H M Cline and Mrs Alice Cline of Pineville She taught in Coalwood and Caretta schools for about nine years and was a member of Welch Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Surviving are her husband Grady Keel and their six year old daughter Kathie of Caretta one brother Ray Cline Akron Ohio three sisters Mrs Gay Shannon Mrs Gladys Stone of Pineville and Mrs Ethel Waugh Clairton Pennsylvania
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Pineville
Garnett Cline Keel
Grace Hospital
Welc
Keely
H. M. Cline
Alice Cline
Huntington , High School
Marshall College
Coalwood
Caretta
McDowell County
Welch Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Grady Keel
Kathie
Ray Cline
Akron Qhio
Gay Shannon
Gladys Stone
Ethel Waugh
Clairton
Pennsylvania
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